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Best way to detect and handle a tie in scores

Feb 1 2014, 5:50 pm
By: Prophete

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Feb 1 2014, 5:50 pm Prophete Post #1

In the map score is displayed/tracked by minerals and gasses.

So let's assume the countdown timer is at 0:00 (After counting down from 20:00)

Team 1 has a score of 100
Team 2 has a score of 90

Obviously, team 1 is the winner.

Code

Trigger("Team 1"){
Conditions:
Most Resources(ore);
Countdown Timer(Exactly, 0);
Elapsed Time(At least, 200);
Command("Player 12", "Terran Flag Beacon", Exactly, 0);

Actions:
Set Switch("Switch140", set);
Preserve Trigger();
Comment("Force1Winning");
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Code

Trigger("Team HOT"){
Conditions:
Switch("Switch140", set);
Switch("Switch141", not set);
Countdown Timer(Exactly, 0);

Actions:
Display Text Message(Always Display, "\x013\x005Team 1 wins!");
Victory();
Comment("Victory");
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

And vice verse for a losing team.

Now, that seems to work fine, but I wan't an OT trigger as well, and it seems to break sometimes?

Code

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Countdown Timer(Exactly, 0);
Elapsed Time(At least, 10);
Switch("Switch140", set);
Switch("Switch141", set);

Actions:
Set Countdown Timer(Set To, 120);
Set Switch("Switch41", set);
Comment("SetOver-time");
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Code

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Switch("Switch41", set);

Actions:
Set Switch("Switch41", clear);
Comment("ClearOver-Time");
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Those two triggers are right on top of each other. In that order.

None.

Feb 1 2014, 6:45 pm

jjf28 Post #2

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Does each team belong to a single force or do the minerals/gas belong to a single player?

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Feb 1 2014, 6:53 pm Prophete Post #3

Player's 1-3 belong to force 1 and Player's 4-6 belong to force 2

None.

Feb 1 2014, 10:36 pm

jjf28 Post #4

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Trigger

Players

Force 1

Conditions

Deaths ( Current Player, Cantina, at least 1 )

Deaths ( Force 2, Cantina, exactly, 0 )

Actions

Victory

Trigger

Players

Force 2

Conditions

Deaths ( Current Player, Cantina, at least 1 )

Deaths ( Force 1, Cantina, exactly, 0 )

Actions

Victory

Trigger

Players

All Players

Conditions

Deaths ( All Players, Cantina, at least, 1 )

Deaths ( Current Player, Cantina, exactly 0 )

Actions

Defeat

Trigger

Players

Force 1

Conditions

Deaths ( Current Player, Cantina, at least 1 )

Deaths ( Force 2, Cantina, at least, 1 )

Actions

Tie

Trigger

Players

Force 2

Conditions

Deaths ( Current Player, Cantina, at least 1 )

Deaths ( Force 1, Cantina, at least, 1 )

Actions

Tie

Trigger

Players

Force 1

Force 2

Conditions

Most Resources

Actions

Set Deaths ( Current Player, Cantina, add, 1 )

Keep in mind that triggers run like this:

- set current player to p1
��- run first trigger (run once if owned by p1, once more (or for the first time) if owned by p1's force, and once more (or for the first/second time) if it's owned by all players)
��- run second trigger (...)
��...
- set current player to p2
��- run first trigger (...)
��- run second trigger (...)
��...
... and on till p8

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Feb 2 2014, 6:23 pm by jjf28.

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Feb 2 2014, 2:46 pm Prophete Post #5

Okay, I understand how that could work but sadly all players are set to allies for the whole game. For that reason, the Foes trigger cannot work. Is it possible just to replace that with "Force 1" and "Force 2" ?

And as for the tie, I assume I can just set preserve triggers on these, and on the tie one I set Cantina to 0 after I reset the timer for OT?

None.

Feb 2 2014, 6:26 pm

jjf28 Post #6

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Edited to reflect alliances

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And as for the tie, I assume I can just set preserve triggers on these, and on the tie one I set Cantina to 0 after I reset the timer for OT?

Should be able to

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